Drove a Metro today!

[2strokebloke]

Today I drove a Geo Metro that a friend is borrowing while his car is in the shop.
The car only had 106,000 miles but smoked so much you'd think it was on fire. Otherwise, the interior was very big for such a small car, lot's of rattles - that 3 cylinder engine is buzzy. One thing that I thought was weird is that it weighs less than my Yugo, and if you've ever had a Yugo and a Metro side by side you know that the Yugo was a tad bit smaller.
Just curious, is anybody sad that the Metro is no longer imported?

Thanks.

[Ringo]

I got passed by one of those Metros while I was driving my mom's Tourus. Possibly the worst day of my life.

[DMC12]

Originally posted by 2strokebloke
is anybody sad that the Metro is no longer imported?

Well, they did get good gas mileage, but other than that (IMHO) N-O!!! I had one as a rental for a week. It was dangerously slow, and on the interstate it got blown around by the wind (no exaggeration). 55MPH was like flirting with death.

[Ringo]

Really, I thought smaller cars where not affected by the wind because of their size?

[DMC12]

My DeLorean is "small" but maintains stability at high speeds because of aerodynamic design & wide tires. The Geo Metro, although "round-like" allows too much air to go under the vehicle - starts to work like an airplane's wing to create lift. Now combine that with little overall vehicle weight & tall/skinny tires... :help:

If the vehicle was lowered, air dams were placed all around and the vehicle was outfitted with wider wheels - THEN you could increase handling dramatically (hence the popular trends of lowering/boadykits/rims). You still won't have the power, though.

[450HPviper]

50, 55, 60, 65, 70, Houston, we have lift off.

[Sean]

Originally posted by 450HPviper
50, 55, 60, 65, 70, Houston, we have lift off.

:hehehe: :hehehe:

[speeder94]

i just bought a geo metro like three weeks ago its a 97 with 69,000 mils and goes more than 85 mph almost 90.it cost me 700$ dollars so that is why i bought it . you guys have any ideas to make it faster or sell it

[2strokebloke]

Make it faster?, other than pushing it over a cliff you could do an engine swap. The Geo Metro and the Suzuki Swift are the same car, except the Swift was available with bigger engines, if you could locate a low mileage 4-cylinder swift engine (say a car that got rear-ended and totalled when nearly new) you could bolt it in and have some extra speed and horsepower.

[grandprix92]

add some stickers to it. couple hundred horse power right there

[pod]

if you found a ford aspire you could swap it out and get slightly less mpg (34-42) and gain .3 leters and get 20 more hp also a festiva engine will work although its carbrated although i'd like to put a yamaha v6 cycle engine in one but if you are a 3 cyl fanitic you could try a subaru justy engine 63 hp

[450HPviper]

add some stickers to it. couple hundred horse power right there

Jeggs, 10HP a sticker.

[Sean]

slap on a new exhaust, some rims that are way to big and some type R stickers and you have the fastest car out there

[450HPviper]

At least 18 inches, maybe 20 inches. Type R:hehehe:

[pre98zetec]

If ur gonna go the sticker way go for the NOS stickers those r a extra 75-100 hp right there , or go with a HKS sticker thats 20-30 hp . Well there u would get up too 130 extra hp
josh